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A makeshift memorial is seen outside the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Monday, July 16, 2018. The death of a wounded fox brings to nine the number of animals that have died as the result of the weekend escape of a jaguar from its enclosure at the zoo in New Orleans.

A little girl's teary-eyed self-portrait, stuffed toys and a stick of taffy from a local street vendor, were among the items left at the entrance to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans on Monday — a makeshift memorial for nine animals killed by a jaguar that escaped its enclosure two days earlier.

Zoo officials announced the ninth animal death Monday: a wounded fox named Rusty.

No people were injured when Valerio, a 3-year-old male jaguar, escaped Saturday morning before the zoo's scheduled opening. The big cat was captured within an hour. But the eventual animal death toll was three foxes, five alpacas and an emu.

Grief counseling was provided for zoo staff and officials encouraged the offering of notes at the zoo's entrance.

"Our initial findings have pointed to the break in the stainless steel cable barrier on the roof of the exhibit that potentially allowed enough space for the jaguar to escape," a Monday afternoon zoo news release said. "This is our initial finding, but we are still doing an investigation."

"Our jaguars are being housed behind the scenes in a secure night house until our investigation has concluded and repairs are made," the statement said. "We do not currently have a timeline of when the exhibit will reopen."

Valerio was born in captivity at the San Diego Zoo in 2015 and arrived at the Audubon Zoo when he was 2 years old.